RIP Fry's.
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There was always a certain ambiance in Circuit City that I found to be appealing. At least on my local one before it closed down. It was like the lights were dimmed way down, but it was still bright enough to see. I guess you would call that "cool temperature" lighting, which is definitely not fashionable anymore. Everything nowadays seems to follow Apple's store design which is this sterile eggshell white, bathed in neutral or warm temperature lighting. I find it kind of boring, but I understand why they do it that way.
Plus, I loved how instantly recognizable their old stores were. The big red block turned at an angle for an entrance was brilliant imo. They used it a lot in their television commercials and made it look like a plug end or a battery coming down from the sky.
Best buy is coming to join them
pour one down for Fry’s
This is why I'm so angry that billionaires managed to convince people there are companies that are "too big to fail".
Our tax dollars have been used to prop up private companies.
Yet it couldn't save toys r us?
Yet it couldn't save toys r us?
Nope. Because Toys R Us was murdered by an investment firm.
I miss my frys electronics and their goofy buildings
At least microcenter will come to my hometown soon
My only complaint with microcenter is that the commission in incentives come off as extreme. Like I will be walking around with something in my hand and a rando will come up to me, say "hey there boss, lemme just slap this on that for you," and proceed to put a sticker on it with their ID. Not a big deal, but palpable, and makes it harder to just browse.
Time to swap it out for an unlabeled one I guess 🤷
Nah, no hard feelings towards the retail folks, they're doing what they're supposed to. It's just that I wish the corporate incentives were different so it felt more like the staff were trying to help.
I actually worked at the second to last block busters. It was sad like having a job inside a dying person. Every month it was a new gimmick to get people back. But still fewer and fewer people showed up. You could feel the end coming.
There's still a Blockbuster sign up by the freeway near where I used to live. There wasn't a Blockbuster there even when I moved there 10 years ago.
The giraffe still lives.
I never understood circuit city. The local one ran prices 10-20% higher then best buy a few blocks over. You'd only ever go there when best buy ran out of dvd-r's.
That being said whoever worked in their gaming section and kept updating the demo kiosk with every game now labeled a "hidden gem"... Props because those were always fresh picks.
Odd, it was the other way around where I lived. CC had the best prices while BB was overpriced, and like you said, CC’s gaming section was great.
Some empires that ought to fall... google, facebook, microsoft
You expect nothing to take their place?
What the hell will take their place? Another Soviet Union?
Oh certainly i expect it. But before something takes their place, would at least give a small window of hope before the replacement establishes a solid footing. We can at least know what to expect.
...or nothing to be left
Portugal still has multiple very successful Toys R Us stores, most of them more than 20 years old at this point
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